Roads and Roadlessness : Driving Trucks in Siberia

• Main Author: Argounova-Low, Tatiana Ivanovna
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.The North, University of Aberdeen.Anthropology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: roads; roadlessness; truckers; winter roads; Siberia; GN Anthropology; General Arts and Humanities; General Social Sciences; GN; Sakha; Sakha Republic; Yakutia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/12273; http://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/111

Acknowledgements I am grateful to Ivan Ivanovich, Igor, Arkadiy, Yura and many other dalnoboishchiki for being generous with their time and knowledge. I thank the Regional Autotransport Union of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and the Ministry of Transport of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) for their assistance. I thank Aimar Ventsel for inviting me to the World Routes workshop in Tartu. The draft of this paper was discussed with my colleagues at the department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen whom I thank for their comments. Julie Cruikshank and Jenanne Ferguson read the earlier draft of the paper and I appreciate their pertinent and valuable suggestions Peer reviewed